Question

When I was 17 years old, I left my comfortable home in a wealthy Midwestern suburb to live as a for?eign exchange student in a lower-middle-class neigh?bourhood in a foreign country. I  5  in an apartment with no elevators, no dishwashers and one washer for 300 6  The tile (瓷磚)floors were always 7 and the rainy winter days there seemed endless. I 8 to wash my clothes by hand in the bathtub and 9 water was so costly, I trained myself to 10 my waist-length hair in less than five minutes.

At that time there were no cellphones and the Internet didn't exist, so for six months I had no   11 at all with my family or friends in the US. I had no rela?tives there so I 12 to face the fact that my 13 to adapt and create a life for 14 was one hundred per cent up to me. At age seventeen my need for friends was 15 and not knowing a soul was, needless to say, a bit stressful.

To  16 to my stress, I didn't speak the 17 and had no familiarity with the monetary (貨幣的)sys?tem nor the transportation system. One more 18 that created stress was my 19  family. Of all the families in the city where I lived, I was 20 with the one who spoke the least (or worst) English.

Living abroad and developing 21 in a foreign language required persistence and determination. I made many mistakes 22 the way. Now I've transformed my 23 memories into my medals of honour (榮譽勛章).They're the treasured stories that offer wisdom, provide me with insights into friends and family and pro?vide me with the 24 that I can surpass future chal?lenges.

5.    A. moved       B. lived

C.  turned     D. took

6.    A. places  B. names

C.  children       D. families

7.    A. warm  B. empty

C.  tidy  D. cold

8.    A. tried   B. asked

C.   learned  D. forced

9.    A. although    B. since

C.  unless      D. once

10.   A.    wash       B.    comb

C.    arrange    D.    adopt

11.   A.    contact    B.    quarrel

C.    letter       D.    chance

12.   A. turned B. needed

C.  pretended D. stopped

13.   A. imagination       B. ability

C.  question   D, career

14.   A. myself       B. other

C.  another    D. none

15.   A. impossible  B. hopeless

C.   beneficial      D. strong

16.   A. adapt  B. apply

C. add             D. reduce

17.   A. truth   B. language

C.  fact  D. word

18.   A. scene  B. shortage

C.  fault D. challenge

19.   A. own    B. former

C.  host  D. guest

20.   A. occupied •  B. housed

C.  compared D. chosen

21.   A. fluency      B. trouble

C.  habit       D. fame

22.   A. over   B. along

C.  in     D. during

23.   A. harmful     B. beautiful

C.  hopeful    D. stressful

24.   A. advantage   B. confidence

C.  promise        D. future

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了作者17歲離家作為交

換生生活在國外所面臨的挑戰(zhàn)，這種經(jīng)歷讓自己變得更明智、自信。

B根據(jù)語境"我住在一個沒有電梯、沒有洗碗機的公寓里， 這里的300個家庭共用一臺洗衣機"可知，作者是"住"在這里，故選B項。

D參考上題句意。

D瓷磚的地板總是冰冷的，下雨的冬天似乎永遠不會結(jié)束。根據(jù)下文提到"…the rainy winter days there seemed end?less. "可知D項正確。

C根據(jù)上文提到"300個家庭共用一臺洗衣機"可知"我"學(xué)會了用手洗衣服。

B因為水比較貴，"我"訓(xùn)練自己在五分鐘內(nèi)洗完及腰的頭發(fā)。兩個句子是因果關(guān)系，故選B項。

A根據(jù)語境可知這里指洗頭發(fā)，故選A項。

A 根據(jù)上文提到的"At that time there were no cellphones and the Internet didn't exist, so for six months…，'可知， "我"當時有六個月沒有與家人和朋友聯(lián)系，故選A項。

B "我"在那里沒有親戚，因此"我"需要面對現(xiàn)實，"我"的適應(yīng)能力、自己創(chuàng)造生活的能力都得全部靠自己。need to do sth需要做某事。故選B項。

B參考上題句意和語境可知B項正確。

A根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示"為自己創(chuàng)造生活"，故選A項。

D impossible不可能的；hopeless沒有希望的；beneficial 有利的，有益的；strong強壯的，強烈的。在十七歲的年紀，"我"對朋友的渴望是強烈的，不用說，一個人都不認識是有壓力的。根據(jù)語境可知D項正確。

C讓"我"更感到有壓力的是我不會說當?shù)氐恼Z言，對貨幣和交通系統(tǒng)一無所知。根據(jù)上文的"…not knowing a soul was, needless to say, a bit stressful."可知C項正確。

B參考上題句意和語境可知B項正確。

D scene場面，情景；shortage缺乏，不足；fault故障，缺點，過失；challenge挑戰(zhàn)。"我"的寄宿家庭是另一個會給"我"帶來壓力的挑戰(zhàn)。根據(jù)語境可知作者面臨一個個挑戰(zhàn)， 故選D項。

C參考上題句意，再根據(jù)下文提到"Of all the families in the city where I lived, I was -" with the one who spoke the least (or worst) English."可知此處指其寄宿家庭，故C項正確。

B occupy占據(jù)；house給房子�。籧ompare比較；choose選擇。在"我"居住的這個城市的家庭中，"我"被安排住在幾乎不說英語的家里。根據(jù)語境可知B項正確。

A    fluency流暢，流利；trouble麻煩，煩惱；habit習(xí)慣； fame名聲，名望，名氣。住在國外和說一口流利的外語需要毅力和決心。根據(jù)句意和語境可'知A項正確。

B在這條路上"我"犯了很多的錯誤。along沿著，順著。

D harmful有害的；beautiful漂亮的；hopeful有希望的； stressful有壓力的�，F(xiàn)在"我"已經(jīng)把那段有壓力的記憶轉(zhuǎn)換成榮譽。根據(jù)上文提到的"To... to my stress..."可知D項正確。

B  advantage優(yōu)勢；confidence信心；promise承諾；future將來。它們都是珍貴的故事，可以提供智慧，提供給"我"度過未來挑戰(zhàn)的自信。根據(jù)"…that I can surpass future chal?lenges. "可知B項正確。